National Unity Party of Northern Cyprus

The National Unity Party (UBP) is a conservative political party in Northern Cyprus that was founded in 1975. The party was founded by Rauf Denktas, and it was in government continuously from 1976 to 1993, as well as brief periods from 1998 to 2003 and 2009 to 2013. The UBP supported Turkish nationalism and national conservatism, and it often opposed the Republican Turkish Party, although it briefly formed a coalition government with it.